Should We Learn A Foreign Language at An Early Age?

I started to learn English in Grade five in primary school, which seemed a little early in that time. But now, the situation is completely different. As the deepening of globalization, people pay increasingly attention to foreign language learning. But many parents do not know when is the best time to study a foreign language. Recently, many educational organizations say publicly that children should study a foreign language in a early age. However, from my point of view, it's good for children to study a foreign language, but it should not be too early.

我小學(xué)五年級(jí)就開(kāi)始學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)，這在當(dāng)時(shí)算有點(diǎn)早的，但是現(xiàn)在情況完全不同了，隨著全球化的加深，人們?cè)絹?lái)越關(guān)注外語(yǔ)的學(xué)習(xí)。但是，很多家長(zhǎng)并不知道什么時(shí)候是學(xué)習(xí)外語(yǔ)的最佳時(shí)期。近來(lái)，有很多教育機(jī)構(gòu)公開(kāi)指出，孩子應(yīng)該較早開(kāi)始學(xué)外語(yǔ)。但我認(rèn)為，早學(xué)習(xí)外語(yǔ)對(duì)孩子固然好，但不能過(guò)早開(kāi)始。

Firstly, children should first study well our mother language. It's not so easy for them to learn Chinese,because Chinese have both Chinese Characters and pinyin. Pinyin have the same letters with English, which would make children confused and make the study more difficult. Secondly, children should have more time to play rahter than study. If they study a foreign language in an early age, they would be bored and inimical which may do harm to their learning and growth.

首先，孩子應(yīng)該先學(xué)好母語(yǔ)。漢語(yǔ)對(duì)孩子來(lái)說(shuō)并不容易，因?yàn)闈h語(yǔ)既有字形要學(xué)，又有拼音要學(xué)。拼音跟英文字母有相似之處，容易使孩子混淆，這加深了學(xué)習(xí)難度。其次，孩子應(yīng)該有更多時(shí)間玩耍，而不是學(xué)習(xí)。如果較早開(kāi)始學(xué)習(xí)外語(yǔ)，容易感到厭倦和反感，這不利于他們的學(xué)習(xí)和成長(zhǎng)。

From the discussions above, it's not so good for children to study a foreign languge too early. Language learning is important but not everyone has the gift to study a foreign language well. Therefore, when to start to study a foreign languge depends on children's interest.

從以上討論來(lái)看，孩子不適合太早開(kāi)始外語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)。外語(yǔ)很重要，但不是很個(gè)人都有學(xué)習(xí)天賦，因此什么時(shí)候開(kāi)始外語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)，要看孩子的興趣。